Mountaineer Militia
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October 11, 1996, seven men having connections with the Mountaineer Militia, a local anti-government paramilitary
group, were arrested on charges of plotting to blow up the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal Justice Information Services Division
in Clarksburg, WV. While members of the group had been assembling large quantities of explosives and blasting caps, militia leader Floyd Raymond Looker obtained blueprints of the FBI facility from a Clarksburg, West Virginia
firefighter. Plastic explosives were confiscated by law enforcement officials at five locations in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Looker was taken into custody after arranging to sell the blueprints for $50,000 to an undercover FBI agent, whom he believed to be a representative of an international terrorist group. In 1998 Looker was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Two other defendants were sentenced on explosives charges, and the firefighter drew a year in prison for providing blueprints.
Paramilitary
A paramilitary is a force whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military, but which is not considered part of a state's formal armed forces....
group, were arrested on charges of plotting to blow up the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal Justice Information Services Division
Criminal Justice Information Services Division
The Criminal Justice Information Services Division is a division of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation . The CJIS was established in February 1992 and it is the largest division in the FBI....
in Clarksburg, WV. While members of the group had been assembling large quantities of explosives and blasting caps, militia leader Floyd Raymond Looker obtained blueprints of the FBI facility from a Clarksburg, West Virginia
Clarksburg
Clarksburg may refer to some places in the United States of America:*Clarksburg, California**Clarksburg AVA, an American Viticultural Area*Clarksburg, former name of Clarksville, California*Clarksburg, Indiana*Clarksburg, Maryland...
firefighter. Plastic explosives were confiscated by law enforcement officials at five locations in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Looker was taken into custody after arranging to sell the blueprints for $50,000 to an undercover FBI agent, whom he believed to be a representative of an international terrorist group. In 1998 Looker was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Two other defendants were sentenced on explosives charges, and the firefighter drew a year in prison for providing blueprints.
Further reading
- http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/Militia_M.asp?LEARN_Cat=Extremism&LEARN_SubCat=Extremism_in_America&xpicked=4&item=mm
- http://www.rickross.com/reference/militia/militia70.html